Well, it finally happened, a film about three oddball parents set out to stop their respective daughters from having sex on the night of their senior prom.
The girls have always been friends, since they were little but the parents have fallen out of touch. Lisa (Leslie Mann) is thrilled that her daughter, Julie (Kathryn Newton) is going to college so close by while Hunter (Ike Barinholtz) is more or less estranged from his daughter, Sam (Gideon Adlon) since his divorce from her mother (June Diane Raphael) but he does figure out her sexuality before she does.
The third member of the unlikely trio is Mitchell (John Cena) who raised his daughter, Kayla (Geraldine Viswanathan) to love sports but he is also deeply sensitive.
Julie is the only one in a solid relationship, with the dreamy Austin (Graham Phillips) and after six months of dating, she's ready to have sex with him. For whatever reason, Kayla decides to join her and then, not wanting to feel left out, so does Sam.
But Lisa discovers this and Mitchell is not going to have his daughter have sex with a guy who has a man-bun (Miles Robbins). So the three set off on this crazy journey, but at first, Hunter wants to stop the other two though this also jumps on board because he wants his daughter to do what is right.
The night takes a million twists and turns some of which are just ridiculous and disgusting, like chugging beer through your butt and barf filling up the rented limo.
And then, it ends at a hotel. Sam ends up not having sex because touching Chad's penis makes her feel nothing and she finally comes to terms with her sexuality. Kayla also doesn't have sex because she just doesn't know Connor well enough yet but they do other stuff.
Julie is the only who loses her v-card and Lisa is okay with it.
Though the film is ridiculous, the teenage daughters strong characters and are anything but the typical damsels in distress. They have control of the situation and fortunately, the guys they pick are good guys but then again, this is a mainstream Hollywood film, so they would be good guys.
And the parents are stronger for letting their daughters go, knowing that they have done their jobs and can sit back and watch their daughters change the world. Lisa's not afraid of growing old by herself and Hunter has no fears whatsoever and Mitchell has decided to spice up his sex life with his wife, Marcie (Sarayu Blue, always great) so the adults are also alright.
The film, as a whole, is merely average, with only a few genuinely funny moments scattered throughout but the acting is decent and it does have a good message through all the grossness. Grade: B
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